Anomalous Brownian motion of colloidal particle in a nematic environment: effect of the director fluctuations

• Published in: Condensed Matter Physics
• Date: 2015
• Main Authors: Turiv, T., Brodin, A., Nazarenko, V.G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2015
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/153591
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Anomalous Brownian motion of colloidal particle in a nematic environment: effect of the director fluctuations / T. Turiv, A. Brodin, V.G. Nazarenko // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2015. — Т. 18, № 2. — С. 23001: 1–13. — Бібліогр.: 48 назв. — англ.

As recently reported [Turiv T. et al., Science, 2013, Vol. 342, 1351], fluctuations in the orientation of the liquid crystal (LC) director can transfer momentum from the LC to a colloid, such that the diffusion of the colloid becomes anomalous on a short time scale. Using video microscopy and single...